A mechanism, a bridge and a case, and buyers compare the wrong one of the three · review
Western Digital My Passport 5 TB, the largest portable here, on a name instead of a generation review
A five-terabyte portable drive that publishes password protection, scheduled copying and a Chromebook certification, and that names its interface only as SuperSpeed USB.
The bottom line The largest portable capacity here, sold on its software rather than its interface. Password protection and scheduled copies are published in detail; the generation, the rate, the connector and the warranty are not published at all.
On the listing
A five-terabyte portable external drive in black, described as mobile storage with a slim design, downloadable software, automatic backups and password protection, and compatible with computers, Xbox and PlayStation 4; certified to Google’s compatibility standards, with Chromebook and the Works with Chromebook logo named as trademarks of Google LLC; reliable mobile storage with room to store, organise and share files; supplied cables that have the buyer transferring straight away over SuperSpeed USB; password protection applied through the software so that private content stays private; and automatic backups whose timing and frequency the buyer sets.
A name where a number belongs
SuperSpeed USB, and no generation anywhere on the page. The name covers several numbered arrangements with different rates. It rules out the oldest USB and settles nothing else. On a five-terabyte drive, where a full copy takes real time, the missing number is the figure that would predict how long.
Cables, in the plural
The third bullet says the supplied cables have the buyer ready immediately. More than one is implied and none is described. Two cables usually means two different plugs at the computer end, which would be genuinely useful information; as published, it is a count without a type.
A password and a schedule
The software half of this page is the well-stated half. A password applied to the drive and copies made at a time and frequency the buyer chooses are both specific, both checkable, and both more than the general promise of software that most rivals here offer.
Five terabytes on separate hardware
This is the largest portable capacity on the shelf, and the thing it is genuinely good at is holding a copy of a working machine away from that machine. Where the drive then lives decides what that copy survives, and a drive that travels in the same bag as the laptop shares the laptop’s accidents.
Before ordering
Ask for the USB generation and for what the supplied cables end in. The software is described in detail and the connection it runs over is described by a name alone.
Availability
Priced from 167 € to 209 € across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores the day this page was checked.
It is stocked on the American and British Amazon stores as well, in that country’s own currency. The range above leaves those out: it counts euro stores and no others.
Every figure in this section is what Keepa held on the day this page was last updated. Stock and prices move without warning.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 10 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
Where it holds up, and where it stops
Strengths
Publishes what the bundled software does in concrete terms: a password on the drive, and copies made on a schedule the buyer sets
Confirms a Chromebook certification explicitly, with the trademark notice attached, which is a checkable statement rather than a general compatibility claim
Five terabytes in a portable body, the largest capacity of the eight external drives here
Compromises
The interface is named only as SuperSpeed USB, so no numbered generation and no rate appears anywhere on the page
Cables are supplied in the plural and never identified, so what the drive plugs into is unstated
No warranty term, no measurement and no weight, on the most expensive portable capacity on this shelf
Specifications
Capacity
5 TB — printed in the title, in the maker’s unit. It is the largest portable capacity in this batch and the figure is reported here as published
Portable or desktop format
Portable — the title calls it mobile storage with a slim design, and the second bullet describes reliable mobile storage for varied use away from a desk
USB generation
Not published on the listing as a generation — the third bullet names SuperSpeed USB, which is a marketing name rather than a numbered generation, and no 3.0, 3.1 or 3.2 appears anywhere on the page
Stated link rate
Not published on the listing — no figure in gigabits per second follows the interface name, on a page that describes transferring important data as the point of the product
Connector type
Not published on the listing — the third bullet counts supplied cables in the plural and names the plug at neither end of any of them
Power source
Not published on the listing — no mains adapter is named and no statement about drawing power from the port appears in the title or in the five bullets
Stated dimensions
Not published on the listing — the title calls the design slim and no measurement follows it
Weight
Not published on the listing — no figure in grams appears, and the page makes no claim about weight either
Cable supplied
Yes, in the plural — the third bullet says the supplied cables have the buyer ready straight away. How many there are and what they end in is not stated
Warranty length
Not published on the listing — no term of any length appears in the title or in the five bullets
Amazon reference
B07VP5X239 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0718037868448
The questions that come up before an order
Is SuperSpeed USB the same as a generation number?
No. It is a name applied across several numbered generations that differ in rate. Knowing the drive carries it establishes that the connection is not the oldest USB, and it does not establish which of the modern arrangements applies. Every rival on this shelf that names a number gives the buyer more to work with.
Does scheduled copying to this drive count as keeping the files in a second place?
It puts them on separate hardware, which is the substance of the idea, and how well it works depends on where that hardware lives. A drive that travels in the same bag as the laptop shares the same accidents. Copies that survive theft or fire are copies kept somewhere else, and the software on this page does the copying, not the keeping.
4 TB · portable · USB-C · USB 3.2 Gen 1 and Gen 2 and Thunderbolt 3 listed · shock, water and pressure resistance claimed · three-year warranty · one cable in, one out
A four-terabyte portable drive that lists five interface standards it works with, names the cable in the box and the cable that is not, and publishes a three-year warranty.
Best for: A drive that leaves the desk and goes into a bag on a site or a shoot, where the protective claims and the published warranty are the reason to pay more.
4 TB · portable · USB 3.0, backwards compatible with USB 2.0 · compatible with computers and two console families · sold exclusively through one marketplace
A four-terabyte portable drive whose page names a generation, a compatibility list and a marketplace exclusivity twice, and that never states a connector, a measurement or a warranty.
Best for: A console or laptop that has run out of room, where four terabytes at a low price per terabyte is the requirement and the interface details can be confirmed with the seller.
1 TB · 2.5-inch portable · USB 3.2 Gen 1×1 · certified refurbished, reconditioned in Germany · no cable, no connector, no measurement published
A one-terabyte portable drive that names its USB generation precisely and states that the mechanism inside it has been reconditioned and fitted into a new case.
Best for: A modest second copy of documents and photographs at the lowest price on the shelf, where the reconditioned mechanism is understood and accepted in advance.
